Name: Guy Alitto: From 'Why China?' to 'Why not China?'
Uploaded: 2026-10-15T12:41:14+08:00
Duration: 3 min 5 s
Description: American scholar of Chinese studies Guy Alitto recalls how people questioned his decision to study China in the 1960s. Decades later, he observed a strong correlation between China's economic growth and enrollment in Chinese language courses at the University

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American scholar of Chinese studies Guy Alitto recalls how people questioned his decision to study China in the 1960s. Decades later, he observed a strong correlation between China's economic growth and enrollment in Chinese language courses at the University of Chicago. Today, the university continues to offer Chinese language courses and opportunities for students to study the language in China. As Alitto puts it, "The better China became, the more interested foreigners were in it."

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